NEWSY PARS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10380, 6 December 1912, Page 4

NEWSY PARS.

LOGAL AND GENERAL,

Thoughts for to-day:—There is no surer proof that there is sunshine than the fact that you are lost in a. fog-bank. There would be no fog in the universe if there were no light. It is the sunshine that makes all the mist.

An "impounded notice appears, in this issue.

Alb a, shooting match to- be held at Morrinsville on December Bth, the Thames Valley Rifle Club will be pitted against the Te Aroha Rifle Olii'b and a keeai contest ia anticipated.

Our "special" telegraphs from Wellington : It is understood that Mr G. F. O. Campbell succeeds Mr Pbynton as Secretary to the Treasury. Mr F. -V. Waters succeeds Mr Robertson as Secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department.

The sharemarket shows no nif terial change, and is still in :«.

::I?an|i-mioribund conditioni. ThereVave hopes that it will imipa"ove when the trouble &b .Waihi.ie definitely settled. Soles of Waihis at 33s 6d, WaSolbaihis 2s 6d, and Occidentals is 3d. Buyers' are unchanged.

The Thames Stao- 'has sihown considerable ■improVemeait sinqej the en;lairig'eme>nt uf the paper. Both in matter and style it is a journal worthy of the district. . Its flight pages contain ?. Krge amount of local und woiid news, and the change is in! every way a credit to the staff. — Waihi Daily Telegraph.

rfhe seai-cli for the body of Louis NWale, the young Aiwtralißii, drowned while on a ya.eh.tmg tour at Waibeko is being prosecuted with much vigour; to far "without result. A

diver is now being employed,, and a. still mere diligent search will be kepib up:. The mother and sister of the young .man will arrivfe- at Aucklnnd on Sunday.

The inquiry into the administration of the St. Helens* Nursing Horns, Auckland. ;- to be held at .as early a data as possible. .The Minister in Charge of Hospitals (Hbn, R. H. Fjfc&des} lias asked the Minister of Justice to appoint, ai magis.^ trate to conduct the' inquiry during which the statements, .of .the recent dtipuitlaitdon a^srnnsr : ituailiaidiminisitration will be thomighly investigated.

The exterior of Riensilfl^w's new shops in Pollen St.; is fast assuming a highly decorative appearance, Hie striking;factors being brown and white tiling- and glass panels. The large plate glass .windows arrived yesterday ami when) inset, they should add greatly to "the handsome appearance of the ljuildingjs. Buildera all-round are xperiencingl a, pairt&dulairly 'brisk timle ; in faot trade is booming.

The cbiait.h of Mr Edward BnJl, a, very old resident of WLidhi, occuiTed at the Hospitail on December 3rd. Tlio deceased had been a patient at tlw instiUiition for the past fortniL'g Ib.t suffering 1 froan acute plemrisy. He was 65 years of age, and learcles a v/idow and a jroun|g; d'axigihitef to mourn their loss. The 'deceased was well-knawn in the district and well' reivpcwLed. He had been in the employ of Mr F. Say for over 10 years 1.

Tiie aiiuKiul general meeting of tilie Waitangi CloKSolid.ated Company will be held; ait the officel, Shorfcliuid streeib, Auckland, 011 Wednesdiay next, December llfcli, a* 11 auii., broineiss being 1 to receive the directors' report and »'balance-sheet and to elect one director ,and auditor. The annual „ general meeting of tlie shareholders in the Bonanza. G.M. dompamy be held on the same daiy'at the saaae.-place at 2.30 p.mi.

An interesting airtiol© on "The Waihi Trouble—Seeking a. .Solution," by tilie Rieiv. James Milne., M.A., will appear in, our columnist in the course, of a day or two-. The rev. genitle^ man, who wields a flueolt pen, ctaals v.'ith the .present industrial una'est, and make* soni© important sugges4tiona as to how rash and improvident action; on the paa*t of the W-ork-&rs and vindictiveneßS and look-outs on the part of employers. Qan be prewented.

At the Te Aroha Union the Pioneers (old Buffers) race was Avon by T. Stanley,. G. Given second, and J. Shine third. In the Pioneers race (men) A. Forrest was first, W. Sweeney setv iond, and J. Shine third. In a special j race for pioneers of 69 years of age j Reuben Parr was placed first and [(irvetn second. This race was nra twice on account of the competitors bunipii\c on the home turn. In the Pioneer ladies' race Mrs J. Wallace was first. The fire brigade competition wan woo by J f Malonej, P. Wallace, HI Johnson in 415 und 2 js&ecs.

A ease of remarkable .-heroism has just !beeai bought under -tihe notice of the Auckland public*. A-few days, ago some schoolchildren were, playing' on a railway badge-at New Lynn when one, Wandering on! to the bridge became paralysed with fear and fell aieiross tlie rails, clutching 1 the|t.n >tighjt,ly in hu| dread. Mean,-, a. train which w'ais approaching' gathered momentum when travelling down, am incline and wteuj almost on the boy, when one of his mates seized him and jumped inijo some thick scrub below- just as the train dashed past. A movement is afoot to reward the bra.xc lad, whose name by the way is Alexander Baron, eleven years of age.